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Tours and Educational Programs

The Historical Society of Pottawattamie County serves people of all ages from southwest Iowa and southeast Nebraska.  The Society provides educational tours and programs for grade schools, middle schools, and high school students.  

Additionally, the Squirrel Cage Jail is part of many historical bus tours from around the country from as far away as South Carolina and Utah.  

The Society presents a Fall and Winter Speakers Series, free of charge to all members.  Future speakers and topics will be listed on this web site as soon as they are confirmed.  

Previous topics covered by the Speaker Series include:

l    Mary Lou McGinn Living History of Council Bluffs - Fairview Cemetery
l    George Scott The Old Spanish Trail
l    Hal Chase African-American History in Iowa 1838-2000
l    James P. Cavanaugh Contributions of the Irish Immigrants to Council Bluffs
l    Kathy White Quilting on the Western Movement
l    Robert W. Hamilton A Local Veteranıs Experience in Korea and Vietnam
l    (video) The Journey of Sacagawea
l    Lt. Robert Miller History of the Council Bluffs Police Department
l    Ryan Roenfeld The Underground Railroad in Southwest Iowa
l    Robert W. Knox Century Businesses in Council Bluffs
l    Gale Holmes Lewis and Clarkıs Journey in Pottawattamie County
l    Judith Boughter The Omaha Indian Nation
l    Michael Tate The Frontier Army as a Community Builder
l    Paul Nichols Reminiscence of the Civil War
l    Rudolph Daniels Trains Across Iowa
l    Danielle Hall A Localıs Impression of China
l    Robert Baum Islam and Christianity in the World Together
l    Marsha Pilger Discover Your Treasures Through Genealogy
l    Lloyd Chandler Origin of the Greater Omaha Society of Model Engineers


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The Historical Society of Pottawattamie County, Iowa was founded in 1934 and is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to kindling and keeping alive an active interest in state and local history.  Contributions and inquiries should be directed to the Society  at P.O. Box 2, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51502-0002.  For additional information, phone 712-323-2509 or e-mail us here.

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